If you are attending today’s ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery commemorating Veterans Day, the OSS Memorial is at the intersection of Roosevelt and Grant Drives in Section 2 near General Donovan’s grave.
As early as Oct. ‘43, OSS founder Gen. William Donovan was urging FDR to plan for post-war prosecution of the Nazi High Command. OSS gathered a vast amount of evidence. 200 OSS personnel served on the prosecution team. Donovan was an assistant to the chief prosecutor. OSS designed the courtroom.
Happy 250th birthday to the US Marine Corps! To learn about the legendary Marines who served in OSS, watch our short documentary, “Call Sign CHAOS: Gen. Jim Mattis and the US Marine Corps.”
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When OSS received a Congressional Gold Medal, Congress’s highest civilian honor, in 2018, we inscribed CUTHBERT - the nickname Hall gave her prosthetic leg - on the medal to honor her. The OSS Society presents an award in her name.
The OSS’s Virginia Hall, the only American civilian woman who received the Distinguished Service Cross in World War II, died OTD in 1982. General Donovan presented the decoration to her himself.
Today is Indiana Jones Day. OSS recruited a number of archeologists who used their profession as cover. Indiana Jones was OSS, too, which he revealed in “Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull.”
On this 81st anniversary of D-Day, we are honored to share our award-winning short documentary, “Operation Overlord: OSS and the Battle for France.” Our film tells the story of Allied special forces whose daring exploits changed the course of World War II. vimeo.com/1017308385/4...
OTD 1944, the first OSS Jedburgh team (HUGH) parachuted into France in advance of the Allied invasion. The “Jeds” were three-man, multinational teams whose purpose was to support local resistance movements and carry out military operations against the Germans. 93 teams were inserted into France.
Congratulations to MARSOC
that was founded OTD 2006. The Marines who served in OSS were its most legendary figures: Col. William Eddy, Col. Peter Ortiz & Sterling Hayden. Their heroism is featured in our short doc, “Call Sign CHAOS: Gen. Jim Mattis and the US Marine Corps”:
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The OSS Congressional Gold Medal Act became Public Law 114-269 OTD 2016. An official of the US Mint said it is the most beautiful medal in the Mint’s history.
